Friday, October 31, 2008

Journal #9, free writing

That was such a long time I haven't written anything in this blog. Today I want to write about my American life after over a year. 
The first thing I want to say is I miss my family, a whole lot. I still miss the family's meal everyday my mom cooked when I have to prepare for food all by myself. I miss my dad when I have some hard projects, he used to help me but now I have to figure them out by myself, and they take a long time. I miss my little sister when I need someone to talk to after the long day of class. I miss them a lot.
Today is Halloween, people are suppose to go out and have fun, but I stay at home on my own. I feel really lonely. Halloween is not A Vietnamese traditional event but every year, my family still go out and have a great dinner to celebrate it. This year, things have changed. I see the little boy of my roommate is going out with his parents to go trick or treat, I feel jealous. I am so jealous with him right now, he has his mom and his dad with him, but I don't have them today. I just can see them through webcam, try to smile so that they don't have to worry about me.
Life goes on and I still have a long journey to go to. I'm just feeling not very good right now but I'll change. Like Morrie in the book that I've read, I'll just spend a little bit of time a day to cry, to miss my family, and then get up and be happy the rest of the day. 
If they do wish in Halloween, I wish that I could go back to my real home in Vietnam just for an hour right now.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Journal #6





 One of the greatest things ever happened in my life is to be an exchange student in the U.S. for the whole senior year of high school. I met such great people, and my host family is one of the best. I have a young host dad and host mom, they're just 25 so they're really open-minded. They showed me a lot of fun stuffs, they're not only my parents but also my friends. I just love them so much. They just got married in May 2008 and I got a chance to be their flower girl, that was super awesome. I can never forget the time we've been through together as a family, Thank Giving, Christmas, Luna New Year, etc. There was so much good memories, I remember when it was Luna New Year and I couldn't go back home, I was so upset. My host family letted me make the traditional Vietnamese food for them, and they made me feel like real New Year eve that I used to have with my family back home. I love my host family so much. There will be ups and downs, Something I might forget but I will never forget them and all out great memories together.